New World Crops
New World Crops is an Age of Empires III technology available to Africans from the Fortress Age, researched at Granary. It increases villager gathering from Field (coin) by 20%.
Research profile
- Age
- Fortress Age
- Civilization
- Africans
- Research location
- Granary
- Prerequisite
- Crop Rotation
- Research time
- 30 seconds
- Wood cost
- 800
- Next technology
- Cash Crops
Effect & research conditions
Available to Africans from the Fortress Age. Research it at Granary. It requires Crop Rotation. Effect: Villager gather work rate for Field (coin) +20%. Research costs 800 wood. Research takes 30 seconds. Further research: Cash Crops.
Research condition
Available to Africans from the Fortress Age. Research it at Granary. It requires Crop Rotation.
When to research
This is the prerequisite step for Cash Crops, so consider it when African Coin Fields are already operating or planned to remain in use. The 800 Wood cost and 30-second research produce a 20% boost only to Villager gathering from Coin Fields; mines and other Coin sources are unaffected. In the Fortress Age, compare the Field investment with other demands on Wood before beginning the chain.
Coin Fields only
New World Crops increases Villager gathering from Fields assigned to Coin by 20%. It does not improve mining or Coin gathered from Estates, Rice Paddies, Haciendas or Whales. Its value depends on workers continuing to use Coin Fields.
First step before Cash Crops
African civilizations research it at a Granary in the Fortress Age after Crop Rotation. It costs 800 Wood and takes 30 seconds. Cash Crops follows as another paid technology, so plan for both costs if the goal is the complete Coin Field line.